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Date:      Sat, 17 Feb 2001 14:16:52 -0500
From:      The Babbler <bts@babbleon.org>
To:        David Bauer <bauer@genprofile.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Toshiba Satellite 1710 sound and build-in modem
Message-ID:  <3A8ECE24.167E6A9A@babbleon.org>
References:  <3A8EC8D0.D6ABBCFB@genprofile.com>

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The best thing to do with the winmodem is to remove it and use it as a
Christmas-tree decoration.
Don't know about the sound.

David Bauer wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get FreeBSD4.2 running on a Satellite 1710.
> >From the initial WinME installation I know that the sound claims to be:
> "Crystal Sound Fusion CS4281 WDM", and thers is a build-in modem called
> "LT Win Modem". (From my former bad experiences with pcmcia winmodems I
> have a bad feeling when reading WinModem).
> 
> I tried to put snd, pcm, csa, pca in the kernel configuration, in
> different combinations but I don't even see any boot message. All what I
> see is a message about an unknown pci device with IRQ5. I guess this
> could be my sound ?
> So is anything known about the CS4281? (I couldn't find an answer in the
> maillist archives).
> 
> The second question is about the modem. Just for my understanding, these
> kind of build-in modems, do they sit on sio0 (COM1) or are they
> connected to the pcmcia bus ?
> Do I have to fiddle with the sio0 and its flags in the kernel
> configuration or is the place to start experimenting the pccard deamon?
> 
> And a final question: This funny notebook has no more serial port. But I
> need one to connect to a LCD projector which has no PS2 but only RS232
> connection (and VGA of course :-). Should I get a pcmcia card with a
> serial port or are there converters from PS/2 and/or USB to RS232 which
> could be used under FreeBSD ?
> 
> Thanks so lot for any hints,
> 
> David.
> 
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